# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945 "2021-01-31T21:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 150
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2990 "2022-04-23T01:46:47Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Maybe (probably) they learned this stuff at home They learned it from the internet. [It’s a meme](https://www.google.com/search?q=I+was+Black,+I%E2%80%99d+be+picking+cotton,+but+I%27m+white,+so+I%27m+picking+you.+Prom%3F%E2%80%9D&client=firefox-b-1-m&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiCy7P9h6n3AhXDmOAKHd2yDBcQ_AUIBygC&biw=432&bih=782). ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2991 "2022-04-23T02:55:49Z")
My point is that it doesn’t matter where they learned it. They picked it up somewhere and some of them will grow out of it, and some of them won’t. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2992 "2022-04-23T03:44:56Z")
Nice quote from the pot reception: > [@](#): > > Sitting in a hospital, Penn texted the bride and asked what she had consumed at the wedding. Svoboda, according to the affidavit, texted back: “Uggg, we have no idea, let us know if you need help with anything.” UGG! ikr? Wonder if hubby turned out to be cool with this, (“Oh. ha ha!”) or if he’s like, hmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2993 "2022-04-23T05:39:40Z")
You’ve clearly never tried to get a bunch of people out the door to see a jam band. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2994 "2022-04-23T18:42:04Z")
A guy was arrested for threatening Merriam Webster dictionary for their definition of the word “woman”. > **[Man arrested for allegedly threatening Merriam-Webster over definition of female](https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-arrested-allegedly-threatening-merriam-webster-definition-female/story?id=84253350)** > > A California man was arrested after making online threats against the dictionary publisher over their entries that defined women, investigators said. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2995 "2022-04-23T22:59:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A guy was arrested for threatening Merriam Webster dictionary for their definition of the word “woman”. And, despite being from California, he ain’t no commie pinko liberal, no siree. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2996 "2022-04-24T00:29:47Z")
In any event most astronomers pronounce the planet as _You_-run-us not Yer-_anus_ .just to avoid dumb jokes ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2997 "2022-04-24T01:04:05Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > In any event most astronomers pronounce the planet as _You_-run-us not Yer-_anus_ .just to avoid dumb jokes   Too late. It’s already here, in the NSRIOTD thread: > [@NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1665): > > [[image] ](https://preview.redd.it/y156iktmwyu81.jpg?auto=webp&s=931feca996ce7d1b2aaa6a3a28d34b91585f3a23) Not a parody. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2998 "2022-04-24T01:26:51Z")
You see, this is why linguistics majors do not like English majors. The descriptivist vs prescriptivist debate always comes up. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2999 "2022-04-24T06:50:29Z")
I encountered a person who said > [@](#): > > The governor in Washington state declared that in 2035 It will be illegal to drive a gas powered car. Now, I kinda wish it were actually true, but there are so many layers of stupid to that claim that it merits mention. I am not sure what the origin of this lie is, but it has become a bit aggravating the way people latch onto obvious bullshit and just keep trying to spread it with abandon. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3000 "2022-04-24T07:21:59Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I am not sure what the origin of this lie is, but it has become a bit aggravating the way people latch onto obvious bullshit and just keep trying to spread it with abandon. It’s a misunderstanding of what is happening in my state, but not totally wrong. > **[Washington state sets 2030 goal to phase out gas cars](https://www.q13fox.com/news/washington-state-to-phase-out-sales-of-gas-powered-cars-by-2030.amp)** > > Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law last month a bill that sets a date of 2030 for all new cars registered in Washington state to be electric.  So it won’t be illegal to **drive** a gasoline-powered car. But the **goal** is to not allow people to sell, purchase, or register a vehicle manufactured after 2030 (not 2035) in Washington State. It was part of a budget package signed into law by Governor Insley a month ago. ETA: In case the April 1 date let’s you think it was a joke, it’s not. It’s real. > **[A year after veto, Gov. Inslee signs pledge to end sale of new gas-powered...](https://mynorthwest.com/local/gov-inslee-signs-pledge-end-new-gas-powered-cars-2030/3417741)** > > A year after vetoing it, Gov. Jay Inslee has approved a measure that would end the sale of new gas vehicles by the end of the decade. > **[Washington state plans to ban most non-electric vehicles by 2030](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna21683)** > > The bill says that all vehicles of the model year 2030 or later that are sold, purchased, or registered in the state must be electric. > **[‘This is a crisis’: WA sets goal to end sale of gas-powered cars by 2030](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/wa-sets-2030-goal-to-phase-out-gas-cars/)** > > Although the goal of selling exclusively electric cars in Washington state in eight years is not a mandate, it represents the most aggressive timeline in the country. Note this is a _goal_ signed into law, not a mandate, so it’s not law and nothing that can be enforced yet. But it’s not a rumor either, it’s real. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3001 "2022-04-24T07:52:54Z")
Obligatory _Futurama_ quote: **Fry** : Oh, man, this is great! Hey, as long as you don’t make me smell Uranus. [He laughs.] **Leela** : I don’t get it. **Farnsworth** : I’m sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all… **Fry** : Oh. What’s it called now? **Farnsworth** : Urectum. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3002 "2022-04-24T16:40:27Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I encountered a person who said > > > [@](#): > > > > The governor in Washington state declared that in 2035 It will be illegal to drive a gas powered car. > > Now, I kinda wish it were actually true, but there are so many layers of stupid to that claim that it merits mention. I am not sure what the origin of this lie is, but it has become a bit aggravating the way people latch onto obvious bullshit and just keep trying to spread it with abandon. The entire online world of Electric Vehicles is replete with exaggeration, bullshit and outright falsehoods. Many of these are spread by Useful Idiots, but they are started by those whose job it is to try to convince consumers not to buy EV’s, and to continue to purchase vehicles powered by petro-chemicals. Gee, I wonder who is promoting and spreading the lies and bullshit? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3003 "2022-04-24T17:01:59Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I encountered a person who said > > > [@](#): > > > > The governor in Washington state declared that in 2035 It will be illegal to drive a gas powered car. Just tell him back that the governor of Florida made it illegal to use math. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3004 "2022-04-24T21:32:17Z")
Stupid MF’ers in the news. How about these Trump supporters at the Ohio rally for some numpty. This is the thread for Stupid Mother Fuckers, right? Here they are. MAGA! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NXmzyHUm4Zk/maxresdefault.jpg "WHAT: This Trump Fan Has COMPLETELY Lost It") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXmzyHUm4Zk) ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3005 "2022-04-25T00:17:04Z")
Here is something being livestreamed right now on Hulu: > **[Skydivers to swap planes in mid-air stunt engineered by Cal Poly professor....](https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/education/article260701477.html)** > > “You will never see this happening again,” Cal Poly professor Paulo Iscold said. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3006 "2022-04-25T00:49:35Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Here is something being livestreamed right now on Hulu: Is it done? How did it go? Were there any survivors? ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3007 "2022-04-25T02:36:34Z")
The plane that took off with Aikins and was supposed to land with Farrington lost stability in the air and began to spin. The experienced jumper aborted the attempt. He ended up opening his parachute and landing safely. The aircraft that took off with Farrington, on the other hand, had a perfect curvature, and Aikins can reach it. Then he restarted the engine and made a smooth landing with the plane. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3008 "2022-04-25T15:44:53Z")
Some random “People’s Convoy” (damn commies) went to the Bay area, got all lost, and the locals egged them on > **[Unpopular People's Convoy Truckers Pelted With Eggs In Oakland](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/truckers-peoples-convoy-egged-oakland_n_6265e1a1e4b07c34e9e2cfec)** > > "The 'people's convoy' making friends and getting breakfast served in Oakland," quipped one area resident. wait, is that the right expression? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3009 "2022-04-25T16:01:53Z")
This puts me in mind of an 80s song… 🎼 Egg on me… (Egg on me!) Egg me on… (Egg on me!) I’ll be gone… In a day or two! 🎵 (Apologies to Norwegian synth-pop band a-ha.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=149) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=151)